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DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8 Performance Topics - IBM Redbooks

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z/<strong>OS</strong><br />

version<br />

2.8.1 Multilevel security<br />

Functionality<br />

1.6 64-bit virtual storage enhancements<br />

WLM virtual 64-bit support<br />

Support <strong>for</strong> zSeries application assist processor<br />

Requires a zSeries server (z800, z890, z900, z990)<br />

Increased scale up to 24 engines in a single z/<strong>OS</strong> image<br />

Improved availability of TCP/IP networks across a sysplex<br />

Sysplex per<strong>for</strong>mance enhancements<br />

Sysplex autonomics - automated recovery enhancements<br />

Improved multilevel security<br />

1.7 Security Server (RACF) improvements: Support is planned <strong>for</strong> mixed-case passwords.<br />

Scalability enhancements to include:<br />

► Sequential and EXCP data sets larger than 64K tracks, in addition to existing<br />

support <strong>for</strong> extended <strong>for</strong>mat sequential data sets larger than 64K tracks.<br />

► More than 255 extents per VSAM component.<br />

► XRC and Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS®) to allow log data<br />

managed by the System Logger to be replicated to a remote location.<br />

z/<strong>OS</strong> V1.5 adds (and z/<strong>OS</strong> V1.6 improves) support <strong>for</strong> multilevel security on the zSeries.<br />

Many organizations such as government agencies and financial institutions have stringent<br />

security requirements and only allow access to in<strong>for</strong>mation based on the person’s need to<br />

know, or clearance level. Multilevel security is designed to prevent individuals from accessing<br />

unauthorized in<strong>for</strong>mation and declassifying in<strong>for</strong>mation. <strong>DB2</strong> V8 is the first version of <strong>DB2</strong><br />

that supports multilevel security.<br />

For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on multilevel security, see Chapter 4, “<strong>DB2</strong> subsystem per<strong>for</strong>mance” on<br />

page 127 and the recent book, z/<strong>OS</strong> Multilevel Security and <strong>DB2</strong> Row-level Security<br />

Revealed, SG24-6480.<br />

2.8.2 DFSMShsm Fast Replication<br />

The DFSMShsm Fast Replication in z/<strong>OS</strong> 1.5 also provides a fast, easy to use backup and<br />

recovery solution specifically designed <strong>for</strong> <strong>DB2</strong> V8. It is designed to allow fast, non-disruptive<br />

backups to be taken at appropriate events when there is minimum activity at the application<br />

level or when a fast point-in-time backup is desired. See 5.1, “System level point-in-time<br />

recovery” on page 218, and the book Disaster Recovery with <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>UDB</strong> <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong>, SG24-6370.<br />

Chapter 2. Per<strong>for</strong>mance overview 27

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